Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . \ y^ >. \i r /OV -» / 4^. MAPTAIERI RIVER S fo iS I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1—rSca/e of Miles. Arthur.—On the Taieri River Floods. 97 theory is correct. For instance, Mr. James Murison, who first tookup country there as a runholder in 1857, has assured me that, whilethe southerly storms rage around the Lammerlaw and Eock andPillar, the basin of the Upper Taieri Eiver itself escapes these to a greatextent. From the Kyeburn, all round the north and west side of the plainto the Totara, that is over an area of 280 square miles, or 180,000 acres
Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . \ y^ >. \i r /OV -» / 4^. MAPTAIERI RIVER S fo iS I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1—rSca/e of Miles. Arthur.—On the Taieri River Floods. 97 theory is correct. For instance, Mr. James Murison, who first tookup country there as a runholder in 1857, has assured me that, whilethe southerly storms rage around the Lammerlaw and Eock andPillar, the basin of the Upper Taieri Eiver itself escapes these to a greatextent. From the Kyeburn, all round the north and west side of the plainto the Totara, that is over an area of 280 square miles, or 180,000 acres,there is not a single stream but such as a man may easily jump Kyeburn stream has a rapid descent, and in floods rises to a consider-able height, but falls quickly. This I saw during the big flood of 1868,when camped on its banks. The streams then round to the Totara dis-charge very little rainfall into the Taieri; and the most received by MountIda flows into the Waitaki; while on the east side, round to Hyde, there isbut a small quantity runs down the Sowburtransactionsofro81roya
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